The Profile of Management Students from UEPB- An Analysis in the Perspective of the Force of Entrepreneurship

Abstract

 

In recent studies on the subject, it is noticeable that universities have a concern for equipping students for become fully eligible for entry in the competitive job market, in which the issue of entrepreneurship becomes an important and recurring theme in discussions of insertion and professional training. This study investigated the entrepreneurial profile of the Management Course academics of a higher education institution. The survey involved the theme of entrepreneurship and the key skills and characteristics that the entrepreneur must have. It was characterized as a bibliographic research, in which was taking into account authors from the area. Data collection consisted of applying a set of interviews and a validated questionnaire, called MPP - McClelland to entrepreneurial profile, with 60 students. From the data collected and analysed, it was concluded that academics have entrepreneurial profile, with the average higher than the expected, especially in two points of the entrepreneurial profile: need of autonomy and willingness to take risks. In addition, it was possible to see that the institution promotes an incentive to entrepreneurship, seeking to graduate students with this profile, as it is a trend of the current job market.

Keywords: Administrator's Profile, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Potential.